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submitted 2 years ago by WayeeCool@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

Just over half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out. The technology allows customers to skip checkout altogether by scanning a QR code when they enter the store. Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.

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[-] nationalize_amazon@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

I used to work at Amazon on this, and I know A LOT about how this technology works. If I remember correctly, JWO began to separate from Amazon Fresh back in late 2022 when they told us they would cancel JWO in the new Amazon Fresh upcoming stores and use their new dash carts instead. They told us that the focus would instead be selling JWO tech to third party vendors, such as stores in stadiums and airports.

I know (somewhat outdated) about how most of their tech works, as well as some of the internally-stated reasoning behind their business decisions. AMA lol

[-] thebartermyth@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't this turn the store into a 'stealing minigame'?

[-] nationalize_amazon@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

I mean yeah, you can try, but it's actually kind of difficult. It's way easier to steal from any conventional store, probably.

[-] thebartermyth@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

yeah, that makes sense. I guess it just feels like a dare.

[-] InappropriateEmote@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

A price tag on anything in any store is a dare imo. You just have to weigh the likelihood of succeeding if you accept the dare and what the stakes are if you fail.

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